Glaciers of the Three Sisters

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geographical feature group of glaciers

The Glaciers of the Three Sisters are a group of alpine glaciers that cling to the volcanic Three Sisters peaks in the Cascade Range of Oregon, shaping the rugged landscape and feeding local watersheds.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Glaciers of Three Sisters 1
Glaciers of the Three Sisters canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
group of glaciers ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
climateZone maritime-influenced mountain climate ⓘ
clingsTo Middle Sister ⓘ
North Sister ⓘ
South Sister ⓘ
composedOf Carver Glacier ⓘ
Chambers Glacier ⓘ
Clark Glacier ⓘ
Clark Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Clark Glacier (South Sister)

Collier Glacier ⓘ
Diller Glacier ⓘ
Hayden Glacier ⓘ
Lewis Glacier ⓘ
Linton Glacier ⓘ
Prouty Glacier ⓘ
Renfrew Glacier ⓘ
Skinner Glacier ⓘ
Thayer Glacier ⓘ
Villard Glacier ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainage Deschutes River ⓘ
surface form: Deschutes River watershed

McKenzie River ⓘ
surface form: McKenzie River watershed
feeds local watersheds ⓘ
formedBy accumulation of snow and ice on Three Sisters volcanoes ⓘ
geologicalSetting Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ
glacierType alpine glacier ⓘ
highestElevation over 3000 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Cascade Range ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mountainRange Cascade Range ⓘ
near Bend, Oregon ⓘ
Sisters, Oregon ⓘ
notableGlacier Collier Glacier ⓘ
surface form: Collier Glacier (largest glacier on the Three Sisters)
partOf Three Sisters Wilderness ⓘ
primaryComposition ice ⓘ
recreation backcountry skiing ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
shapes local topography ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
subjectOf glaciological studies in Oregon ⓘ
trend general retreat during the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ
volcanicHost stratovolcanoes ⓘ
withinProtectedArea Deschutes National Forest ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carver Glacier → category → Glaciers of the Three Sisters ⓘ
Cascade Range glaciers → hasPart → Glaciers of the Three Sisters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glaciers of Three Sisters